[Magdalen] Speaking of unfortunate names

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 22:15:53 UTC 2016


There are two tiny hamlets in Tennessee, not terribly far from one another,
named Difficult and Defeated. I have no knowledge of the story behind those
names.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Charles Wohlers
> <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Doesn't hold a candle to Dave Van Ronk's "Garden State Stomp":
>
> I'd have to agree. New Jersey's names are nuts! There's a cool video
> out there of the Penn Station announcer giving the stops for a PATH
> train to Trenton or wherever...She's got an amazing voice. Wish they'd
> do as well at Millennium Station here in Chicago (Metra Electric Line
> and South Shore Line trains). It's an NJT train to Trenton and manages
> to avoid Indian names, actually..LOL
>
> https://youtu.be/XlL3o-1t3dQ
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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